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Magic the Gathering Newsletter April 7th 2011

Administrator — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:34:28 +0000

Okay, let’s start with the important news….

PHYREXIA WINS!!!!

Now, with the obvious (and slightly delayed) news out of the way, let’s celebrate with a drink and draft this weekend. That’s right, Saturday is going to be this month’s drink and draft. Additionally, we are using FACTION PACKS! So, you can draft out the war to end all wars all over again this weekend.

Now, to tie in where it matters: You can now pre-order your New Phyrexia.

Booster Boxes for $94.99 right now. Because we care, we are also giving you the option to pre-order your box and pay for the Sealed pre-release event at the same time for $124.99 and we will take care of the tax. We are also taking pre-orders for Fat Packs this time around. Pre-order price for Fat Packs is $34.99 and of course will include all of the fatty goodness you love, just $5 cheaper.

Knights vs Dragons were an instant sell out. The next special release products are the multi-player Commander decks due out in June. There are 5 Commander decks being released. Between them all there will be 51 new cards spread across them (averaging 10 unique new cards pre deck). While I know there are a couple people hoping for “snow-covered Dual lands” or reprints of the entire Sword Cycle, I am aiming a little lower. I am just hoping they print enemy wedge tri-color tap lands like they did ally colored ones for Alara block.

I am going to end with a thought on Phyrexian mana payments. How busted is it that on turn two, you can play a functional moat in a mono-green deck for the low cost of 4 life and three mana? It may be about time we start main decking the artifact removal and not playing black anymore.

Verdell

Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease 411 January 29, 2010

Administrator — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:27:57 +0000

Evil Squirrel Comics is hosting a Mirrodin Besieged Pre Release and we want you there for this exclusive event.

Imagine being able to play with the latest set of Magic the gathering cards a whole week before they hit store shelves. Be the envy of your friends as you flaunt your Mirrodin Besieged cards to your buddies and be proud as a peacock when you won’t let them be touched by human hands.

This Mirrodin besieged PreRelease will be different than normal. Players will receive three regular Scars of Mirrodin booster packs and their choice of three Mirran boosters or three Phyrexian boosters. This is something we’re doing especially for the Mirrodin Besieged prerelease. The set will be released as mixed boosters only so the prerelease will be the only time you’ll be able to get these faction booster packs.

There will be two different prerelease promo cards for the prerelease and players will receive one based on the faction chosen.

Admission is $30/$25 Earlier Admission

Registration starts when Shop Opens

Game Starts at 1pm

Emblems, the Evolution of Planeswalkers

Administrator — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:41:34 +0000

By Verdell Shannon

The Scars Of Mirrodin pre-release is right around the corner. So, what’s more exciting than the hotness of the new planeswalkers that come with it? Not much… so let’s discuss.

Let’s start with Koth of the Hammer.

He may be the best mono-red planeswalker printed (beating Chandra Nalaar and Chandra Ablaze). Around the web he is being called “the red Garruk”. He ramps, makes creatures, and provides a win condition in his ultimate (though an emblem that functionally gives every mountain you control a Barbed Field effect is not as immediate a victory as Overrun). While he isn’t quite as powerful as the Red+ walkers Ajani Vengeant and Sarkhan the Mad, I wouldn’t kick him out of a sealed deck.

The other new walkers spoiled are blue/white and white. The white one is, (no shock here) Elspeth Tirel. Elspeth 2.0 seems strong in a Planar Cleansing as an ultimate that wipes everything but her and tokens from the board. This seems good to me. Her creature ability is moved to a -2. She makes three 1/1 soldiers now, but with Lightning Bolt in the format, I truly am not happy with the switch. Finally, her +2 ability is Conclave Phalanx enters the battlefield ability. If you don’t know the phalanx, that’s okay. It’s basically a watered down (very watered down) Congregate. I don’t hate Elspeth 2.0, but I just wish for more after all of the awesomeness that Elspeth 1.0 brought to standard.

Now, the other new kid planeswalking into standard is Venser, the Sojourner.

He has one of the most powerful immediately useable abilities on any walker:

-1: Creatures are unblockable this turn.

The last time we saw this ability, it was Urza block on an enchantment called Bedlam. It was a red ability (which frankly makes a lot more sense to me). In any creature dominated format, this reads “oops, I win loud and clear”. Venser’s other abilities are pretty good, too! His +2 modified Flicker (Urza’s Destiny rare) as an up is decent/useable. I mean, triggering a Halimar Depths or Kabira Crossroads every turn is solid. His ultimate is slick. R&D put the new term “emblem” to use again. Venser’s let’s you exile a card for each spell you CAST. The spell doesn’t even have to resolve.

Verdell is a on again/off again recluse that still believes Santa Clause and the unicorns will help save the planet. Little does he know that only Ted Turner’s alter ego,”Captain Planet”